Artūrs Žagars

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Basketball player
Artūrs Žagars
Žagars in 2019
Player information
birthday April 21, 2000 (20 years and 133 days)
place of birth Riga , Latvia
size 190 cm
position Development player
Clubs as active
until 2017 LatviaLatvia BS Riga / DSN
since 2017 SpainSpain Joventut Badalona

Artūrs Martins Žagars (born April 21,  2000 in Riga ) is a Latvian basketball player .

career

Žagars played in the offspring of BS Riga / DSN, in summer 2017 he moved to Joventut Badalona in Spain . At times he collected time at the fourth division Arenys Basquet Joventut and second division CB Prat, and in the 2019/20 season he was regularly used at Joventut Badalona in Spain's top division, ACB .

National team

With Latvia's youth selections, Žagars took part in the U16 European Championships in 2015 and 2016, and in the U18 age group, he finished second in the European championship with the national team of his home country in summer 2018. On the way to the silver medal at the European Championships in his own country with 18.9 points per match he was the best scorer of his team and also prepared 6.3 basket hits per game by his fellow men, which was the second best value among all the players in the tournament. Žagars was voted among the top five players in the tournament.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Arturs Zagars. In: ACB.COM. Retrieved May 19, 2020 (Spanish).
  2. ^ European Youth Basketball League. In: EYBL.lv. Retrieved May 19, 2020 (English).
  3. ↑ 17 gadus vecais Žagars dodas uz Spānijas "Joventut". June 29, 2017, accessed May 19, 2020 (Latvian).
  4. ↑ LIGA EBA 2017/2018 ARENYS BASQUET JOVENTUT. In: Federación Española de Baloncesto - Competiciones FEB. Retrieved May 19, 2020 (Spanish).
  5. ↑ CB PRAT. Temporada: 18/19 ZAGARS, ARTURS MARTINS. In: Federación Española de Baloncesto - Competiciones FEB. Retrieved May 19, 2020 (Spanish).
  6. ↑ Arturs Martins Zagars profile, U16 European Championship Men 2015. Accessed on May 19, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Latvia at the FIBA ​​U18 European Championship 2018. Accessed on May 19, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Players statistics of the FIBA ​​U18 European Championship 2018. Accessed on May 19, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Serbia big man Pecarski named MVP, tops All-Star Five. Retrieved May 19, 2020 (English).

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personal data
SURNAME Žagars, Artūrs
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Žagars, Artūrs Martins (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Latvian basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH April 21, 2000
PLACE OF BIRTH Riga